Scientific, Environmental, and Political Issues in the Circum-Caspian Region

Scientific, Environmental, and Political Issues in the Circum-Caspian Region
Author :
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 306
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9789401155021
ISBN-13 : 940115502X
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Scientific, Environmental, and Political Issues in the Circum-Caspian Region by : M.H. Glantz

Download or read book Scientific, Environmental, and Political Issues in the Circum-Caspian Region written by M.H. Glantz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On behalf of the Russian Federation Committee on Water Economy, I would like to welcome the participants of the NATO-sponsored Workshop on the Problems of the Caspian Sea and the Circum-Caspian States. The world's largest intercontinental sea/lake is well known for its wealth mineral and fuel resources and sturgeon stocks' the products of which (oil and caviar) are in constant demand on the world market. During the last half-century the Caspian Sea has been the focus of the scientific community concerned with its level fluctuations. We were, and still are, solving a two-faceted issue: to rescue the Caspian Sea and to rescue the population from the Caspian Sea. To rescue the Caspian Sea is to address a broad spectrum of environmental issues related primarily to water pollution by waste water and petroleum products. To rescue the population from the Caspian Sea means that an almost 2.5 m sea level rise in the last two decades has resulted in flooding of vast coastal areas deteriorating economic and social spheres of activity. Solutions to these issues are linked to the numerous mysterious aspects of recent Caspian Sea behavior. Regrettably, the collapse of the USSR has led to a decline of marine observations and control over the use of marine resources in the region. Coordinated international action on the protection of living marine resources have terminated, generating disastrous consequences.


Scientific, Environmental, and Political Issues in the Circum-Caspian Region Related Books

Scientific, Environmental, and Political Issues in the Circum-Caspian Region
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: M.H. Glantz
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-11 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

On behalf of the Russian Federation Committee on Water Economy, I would like to welcome the participants of the NATO-sponsored Workshop on the Problems of the C
The Caspian Sea
Language: en
Pages: 591
Authors: William Ascher
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-06 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume is based on the presentations and deliberations of an Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) "Caspian Sea: A Quest for Environmental Security" that was he
The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia
Language: en
Pages: 523
Authors: Igor S. Zonn
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-26 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia” is the second one in the new series of encyclo- dias about the seas of the former Soviet Union published by Springer-Verlag.
Environmental Crises
Language: en
Pages: 337
Authors: Tatvana Sailko
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-19 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Provides students with an in-depth historic and contemporary understanding of the causes, magnitude and implications of the different types of environmental cri
Troubled Waters
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Hovann H. Simonian
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-06-27 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Once the landlocked backwater between Iran and the Soviet Union, the Caspian has in the last ten years emerged as the epicentre of vast conflicting interests in